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Re:I got a computer science degree in 3 months for less than... by wpietri on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @01:56PM (#31183453)
They did not imply that. They just said the piece of paper was a barrier to other things they wanted to do.

That's the situation I'm in, and somebody recently suggested I check out WGU. I was thinking of doing a Master's degree, and it is an absolute bedrock requirement everywhere I've looked that you have a Bachelor's to apply to the Master's program. Would I get more out of spending 8 years doing a BS part time in the traditional way? I'm sure. Am I going to do that just so I can do a Master's? Fuck no. But if I can get the piece of paper in 6 months, that's starting to seem doable.

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Re:I got a computer science degree in 3 months for less than... by willhslade on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @02:22PM (#31183794)
Look, I'm not here to judge, but the Coursera + UC Boulder Electrical Engineering OR Computer Science Masters will take anyone, regardless of degree status. There are also some UK universities that will as well, notable Oxford's Software Engineering. Just my 2 cents doing the research.
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Re:I got a computer science degree in 3 months for less than... by wpietri on Thursday April 28, 2022 @10:42AM (#31193063)
Could you provide a reference for the UC Boulder option? I've had professor pals look into this on my behalf, and the confident answer they got back is that all US accrediting bodies require a Bachelor's before entering a Master's program.

The UK option is interesting. For those curious, here's the bit explaining that they normally expect a Bachelor's but will consider experience: https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/softeng/study/index.html

And the total cost is ~$50k: https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/softeng/study/Fees_2022-23.pdf

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Re:I got a computer science degree in 3 months for less than... by triyambakam on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @10:59PM (#31188298)
Can you share which CS Masters you mean?
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Re:I got a computer science degree in 3 months for less than... by barry-cotter on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @03:22PM (#31184570)
As well as the options willhslade mentioned you can also do individual Master’s modules as distance learning with the University of London International Programme and then transfer to the Master’s programme proper.
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